 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 109 | 134 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +25 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 33 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.052 % | 0.033 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.729 % | 1.611 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £238 | £234 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £268 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £313 | £301 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £284 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 20 | 8 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.75 | £28.20 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.83 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.25 | £36.20 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.01 | £28.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1356 | 2049 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.917 % | 2.074 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 287 | 375 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £310 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £333 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.99 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £357 | £357 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 256 | 319 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £29.63 | £32.01 |
| Average hourly rate | £31.67 | £34.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £33.70 | £37.93 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
